The Forrest City times., 1887-12-03

of them. gave a spar to woman to hold on to. The Dutch sailors wanted to save themselves and even thrust women aside. can swim well and ] waited about until got to the Ebro where a rope was thrown to me. After the collision, went down Into the cabin and woke two Dutch ladies, but they were psralyzed with terror and would not get up. de pite all entreaties' I heard other complaints about the con duet of the Dutch sailors. The con | fusion was extreme. Everybody ] seemed terror stricken. This may ac- count for the apparent want or dis- cipline. The frantic passengers -un- neryed some of the crew, preventing them from acting as bravely as they might have done. The captain did his best to restore or fer. believe a good lookout was kept. We had our lights up."
 Mir. Appleby, one of the passengers said: "I was in my berth as also were many others, when the crash came. l i'm mediately rushed on deck, followed by a confused crowd, upon first reach l ing the deck did not think anything much W as the matter until l saw that the port bow was steve in close tc the rigging and laid open for great space. The passengers soon crowded the deck, ! and the captain and officers shouted that All the boats be lowered. The vessel was then settling down by the head and the excitement was at US worst. I had hardly time to look around me before the vessel listed over on her port side, throwing the passenyers and crew together on that side of the vessel. Most of the boats were then worthless. Two boats on the port side were swung about ana lowered, the other six were useless 1 While the sailors were endeavoring to lower the boats tie passengers hinder ed them by rushing frantically against them. The crew tried to keep tho passengers back, thus losing valuable time. When the boats were finally lowered there was a rush to go mo them I tried, too, but did not stand a chance. The scene on the deck was appalling. The passengers and crew were crowded together, and the shrieks of the women and cries of childfen sDd 1 the shouts of the men were frightiui' some of the passengers were on the'r 1 knees praying. When the ocholtsn Il. struggle in tae icy water. Most of us l had life belts. Sarah Gold, Robson 1 and I kept together. We clung to each other and dr.fted toward the Ebro, finally reaching that vessel"
 The second officer declares that every precautIon had been taken on board the Scholten. A good lookout was kept and Capt. Taal not only had the ordinary watch on the bridge al the time of the disaster, but all the officers who intended to remain there until the vessel was fairly down the channel. The captain was last seen a his post trying to quiet the p assengcrs and get the boats oil.
 OFFICERS STORIES.
 An officer of the Scholten states that the Rosa Mary was carrying no side lights. but YVES showing the usual mast head lights to indicate that she was ly- ing at anchor. They st cred straight down the channel, leaving het suH cient room to pass clear When they drew near they found that she was steaming ahead and making right on to them. They tried to signal her oh, but it wns too late. She struck tue Scholten on the port bow, ripping on the plates some distance and exEosln& the interior. The hole thus mad. ex- tended below the water line.
 The officers of the Rosa Mary aver that they were lying at anchot and were run into. They say that ttey did not weigh anchor until morning.
 It is reported that the taptain of the Rosa Mary denies the statement that his vessel was in collision wit | the W. A. Schoiten. He ayers that tho Rosa Mary was injured by collision with another vessel while lying al anchor.
 Capt Taal of the ". A. Scholten ha6 only recently been appointed to tn com tttard Of that vessel, succecdin Capt Boujer.
 "Dr. Aymc of New York, tl.e Schol ten's surgeon, ia of the opinion that tn Rosa Mary had just weighed anchor and that the crew had forgot en to pu no the side lights. He says that many of those saved by the Ebro Hcre pGrs lyzed with cold and were .il,i difficult : resuscitated When he last saw Cap. i iaal ilie lattef WIS standing on tu bridge trying 10 prcSdq. Sue stcerag passengers from besi,giay tho btats The break in the ships tide was at the bulkhead and was eight ,ert wid" The unseryieeable boats which wer' cut away possibly hOated when tn ] stearer sank."
 1 II is stated frat Hastings mackerr boat re ports that fer htts were dan aged yesterday afternoon D; asteamer and tha. while chasing the steamer the latter was seen to collide with tb. l scholten. It is worthy of note ths ! fragments otnets were folni on th bows of the Rosa Mary.
 The schoiter was rated frst-clas and was built at tlyde in 1871. He net tonnage was l.7l0. Ste ~as owne by the NetherIands-Amer,can stear Navigation company, Rotterdam co' noration, and was valued at aboa s250.000. Her .mensions were abou 300 feet over all, B beam and 20 dcpti Her passenger aceomn citations wer sixty cabin. forty intermed ate and steerage. She sai led from Rotterdam yes terday and probably had misceiI'. neous cargo of dry goods, gin, herrinY rhein wine, etc. There are five othe vessels in our feet-the Zaandan scheid em. Leerdsm, Rotterdam au' r. Calaud."